American inventor, photographer, and investor who funded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 — being the largest individual shareholder of IBM (whose shares he inherited) — and whose willingness to fund the Traitorous Eight made the semiconductor revolution possible.
Provided the venture capital for Fairchild Semiconductor when Arthur Rock had to find a backer for the Traitorous Eight — being the person willing to put up $1.5M for a semiconductor company when no established investor would — making him the investor whose risk enabled the entire Silicon Valley ecosystem.
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